table stretch css

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October 27th, 2003, 02:26 AM

laasunde

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table stretch css

How can I set the height of a table so that it covers the browser from top to bottom regardless of resolution using css ?

October 27th, 2003, 04:59 AM

Winters

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Code:

<html>
 <head>
  <style>
   table#main
    {
      width:100%;
      height:100%;
    }
  </style>
 </head>
 <body>

  <table id=main>
   <tr>
    <td>foo..</td>
   </tr>
  </table>

 </body>
</html>

October 27th, 2003, 05:14 AM

laasunde

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I cannot get it to work, here is my style properties,

#mainTable
{
border-top-width : 1px;
border-bottom-width : 1px;
border-left-width : 1px;
border-right-width : 1px;
border-color: black;
width: 640px;
height : 100%;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}

Look here to see the pages Im working on.

October 27th, 2003, 05:56 AM

Akh

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to get the % height to work you need to
set a height to the parent element,

like this

Code:

html, body {
	height:100%;
}

you need the html to make it work in mozilla.

October 27th, 2003, 06:00 AM

laasunde

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Thanks a lot dude.

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